The discussion about his wages lasted for about 25 minutes with no music played, although, at times, he branched off into unrelated topics.

Moyles, who was paid £630,000 a year in 2006 before taking a 20 per cent pay cut last year, attacked his bosses, a listener who criticised his comments and a BBC worker he branded a ‘moronic div’.

He said: ‘I can’t tell you how furious I am. I haven’t been paid since the end of July. Why should I come in? It’s a two-way street. Fix it, just get it fixed. It’s a huge lack of respect and a massive FU to me.

‘Yesterday I just thought to myself, “Why should I even bother hauling my arse out of bed at half five?”. They can’t be bothered to pay me – why should I go in? It’s a two-way street.’

He rounded on one listener who texted in to say he should be grateful for being well-paid, saying: ‘You know nothing about my life.’

The BBC later issued a terse statement, saying simply: ‘We can confirm that Chris didn’t get paid due to a computer glitch but his payment is currently being processed.’